Pizza. I cannot think of any other food that is so popular, globally. There is something about this delightfully creamy, fluffy, crunchy dish that makes you fall in love with it. I’m not much of a cheese fan myself, but when it comes to pizza, I make an exception. Although I end up eating this dish only about once every other month, I enjoy every bite of it, and I like to make it very special. I’ve had pizzas in different countries (including Italy) and I have my favorites, but of the weirdest tasting pizzas was one they ordered at our work, in Kuala Lumpur. It had anchovies on it, and I hadn’t realized that. Boy, did that throw me off!
Build-Your-Own Pizza
These days my favorite pizza is the build-your-own kind. There are outlets like “Rapid Fire”, “Blaze” and so on that give you this option. You select the dough, the sauce, the cheese, and your toppings. I love it, since they have spicy marinara, and I can control the amount of cheese (barest minimum for me!). My favorite toppings these days are mushrooms, green bell peppers and red onions. In fact, I recently had a pizza with these toppings and some roasted garlic and spinach, on a thin crust. It was so good!
Build-Your-Own Pizza
Gluten Free Pizza
Undoubtedly, gluten free has certainly come a long way and most outlets in the US offer this option. It is a blessing for someone like my wife, who has annoying gluten allergies. It could range anywhere from an upset stomach to rashes and itchy skin for a couple of days. Not fun. She decided that she loved pizza enough to be able to make her own and enjoy it at home. She worked on this cassava and arrowroot flour recipe a few times and perfected it, like she did with these Make-At-Home Gluten & Grain Free Tortillas. So I decided to try one myself, with my favorite toppings. It turned out great! The only thing I’d like to change, if possible, is to find a replacement for egg. I know a lot of vegetarians who do not like to use eggs.
Gluten Free Recipes
Our blog features several gluten free recipes. We’ve showcased a few of our favorites below:
- Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries
- Gobi Pakora: Air Fryer Cauliflower & Broccoli Fritters
- Crispy Air Fryer Tofu & Tofu Pakoda
- Crispy, Delicious, Banana Nuggets
- Cabbage Wada: Savory Cabbage Lentil Bites
- Crispy Air-Fried Masala Okra
- Air Fryer Masala Wada – Lentil Burger Patties & Fritters
- Dehydrated Masala Karela Chips
- Crunchy Baked Plantain Chips
- Vegan, Spicy, Baked Eggplant
- Baked Okra
- Make-At-Home Gluten & Grain Free Tortillas
Cassava is a root vegetable that is a decent source of vitamin C. It has a good measure of manganese, phosphorus, calcium, iron and potassium, in addition to a small amount of protein. Most importantly, the flour is gluten and grain free, and is great for anyone with gluten allergies, or on diets like keto, paleo or whole30. Arrowroot is a starchy vegetable with a significant amount of protein and several minerals.
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Make-Your-Own Gluten Free Pizza
Equipment
Ingredients
Crust/Dough
- 3/4 Cup Cassava Flour
- 1/2 Cup Arrowroot Flour
- 1 Egg Eggs - Pasture Raised, Room Temperature
- 1/2 Teaspoon Onion - Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon Garlic - Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon Sea Salt - Or to taste
- 1/3 Cup Olive Oil - Plus more for oiling dough
- 1/2 Cup Filtered water - Warm
Veggie Pizza
- 2 Tablespoon Marinara Sauce - Or to taste
- 1 Tablespoon Mozzarella Cheese - Shredded, Or to taste
- 1/2 Cup Mushrooms - Sliced
- 1/2 Cup Green Bell Peppers - Sliced
- 1/4 Cup Onion - Chopped
Instructions
Crust/Dough
- Preheat the oven to 425F. Set the baking tray or pizza stone in the oven while preheating (just by itself, not with the dough or the parchment paper). This helps set the baking tray to the right temperature.
- Before you start cooking, make sure you have the following ingredients ready: *3/4 cup cassava flour (be sure to fluff cassava flour before measuring) *1/2 cup arrowroot flour *1 tsp sea salt *1/2 tsp onion powder *1/2 tsp garlic powder *1 egg at room temperature (beaten) *1/4 cup olive oil (plus more for oiling dough) *1/2 cup warm water
- Add salt, garlic and onion powder to cassava and arrow root flour and mix.
- Add beaten egg, oil to water and mix well. Add wet ingredients to dry mix. Mix well with your hand to get a nice, even consistency (like very wet play dough), with no lumps. Let the dough rest for 5 minutes
- Divide dough into two portions.
- Flatten the dough to an 8-inch circle (you can fold in the edges if you like it better that way) on a parchment paper.
- Once the oven is preheated and dough is ready, set the parchment paper with dough on the baking tray or pizza stone and cook for 12-15 minutes (until just starting to turn golden brown).
Veggie Pizza
- While the dough is cooking, get the sauce, cheese and toppings ready.
- Once dough is just beginning to turn golden brown, remove from oven and immediately spread sauce on the crust. Add cheese and toppings. Work quickly on this step. Once all toppings are added, return pizza to oven and let it cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. For browned/crispy cheese, I turn the oven to low broil and cook for 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle some crushed red pepper and enjoy your fresh, hot pizza.
How can one have gluten free as well egg free pizza dough?
Hi Varsha, great question. You can substitute eggs with flax seed, potato and arrowroot starches since they (esp. flax seeds) have similar binding capacity as eggs. 1/2 cup potato starch, 1/2 cup arrowroot starch and 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal would be a good place to start experimenting with your vegan pizza dough. All the best!